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Arkansas Frackquake Victims Commiserate With Oklahomans as Deadly Risks Grow
If a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits, it could take out 200 miles of state infrastructure.
In North Dakota’s Booming Oil Patch, One Tribe Beat Back Fracking
The Turtle Mountain Band was among the first tribes to ban the drilling process. Here's the difference it made.
Healthy Consumption Growth Keeps GDP Positive in Fourth Quarter
Productivity growth will be near zero for 2015.
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Prison Phone Companies Seek New Revenue Source in Electronic Messaging
Prison phone companies are turning to a restricted form of email to turn a profit after the FCC capped exorbitant phone rates.
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The Refugees of Flint’s Water Crisis
While undocumented immigrants are often wary of interaction with authorities, a new wave of political terror is converging with public health catastrophe.
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Dahr Jamail | Radioactive Water From Fukushima Is Leaking Into the Pacific
Nearly five years on, the environmental disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to unfold.
Opponents of GMO Labeling Could Face Tough Penalties in Dark Money Case
Washington State has accused a trade organization of illegally funneling millions of dollars to GMO labeling opponents.
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Environmental Justice: What the Candidates Missed in Flint – and the Rest of the Country
Presidential candidates have commented on Flint's contaminated water crisis, but less so on systemic environmental racism.
EPA Mulls Ban on Nation’s Most Heavily Used Insecticide
Numerous studies have shown that chlorpyrifos causes serious harm to children and farmworkers.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Doctors Are Organizing Against Corporatized Medicine, and More
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